City Life

Three gun salute at domain

Tauranga Domain has been transformed into a battle ground with guns, canons and people in period dress taking part in a military re-enactment as part of the Battle... Read More

Road work activing in WBOP

Below is planned road work activity with potential to delay traffic on Inroads managed networks 28 April - 2 May (weather dependant) NZTA STATE HIGHWAYS: SH2,... Read More

What’s on today? Battle

The battle lines will be drawn at Tauranga Domain today when guns, canons, and men and women in costume fill the domain as part of the Battle of Gate Pa 150th Commemoration... Read More

Exhibiting the Gate Pa battle

Two exhibitions at St George's Church are giving the public a view of local history and enabling community expression through contemporary artwork inspired by the... Read More

Youthful Anzac Day thoughts

As New Zealand remembers its fallen soldiers 99 years on from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing at Gallipoli it is the youthful presence of attendees... Read More

Battle re-enactment fires up

Loud bangs and poofs of smoke and sawdust will reverberate from Tauranga Domain tomorrow in a live firing of salutes to commemorate 150 years since the 1864 Battle... Read More

Honouring the Anzacs

Under clear skies thousands of people, young and old, are gathering to remember those soldiers that lost their lives during the battle of Gallipoli. Today marks... Read More

Dodgy dealings serves reminder

Nationwide efforts to clamp down dodgy car dealers' online presence are paying dividends with four dealers caught in the Bay of Plenty in the last five years. Figures... Read More

Man injured in bus trip

A Tauranga man is recovering from broken ribs and ligament damage in Tauranga Hospital after being hit by a car on Fraser St yesterday. Police and St John Paramedics... Read More

Wounded Chiefs prep for Brumbies

The Chiefs are calling in the cavalry ahead of their Super Rugby grand final rematch with the Brumbies in Canberra tomorrow, on Anzac Day. After being narrowly pipped... Read More

Rotorua visitors measles alert

The Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service is advising people who visited two Rotorua locations during Good Friday and Easter Saturday may have been exposed to measles. People... Read More

Kiwi sailors vie to win in France

New Zealand sailors - including Tauranga's Peter Burling - are in good positions as the ISAF regatta at Hyeres, France, moves past the halfway mark. In the Women's... Read More